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www.spec.com.au Spectator Sport HAMILTON SPECTATOR Tuesday August 4 2015 29 SOUTH WEST FOOTBALL Lions too good for Bloods BRENDAN BUNWORTH SOUTH WEST FOOTBALL IT is hard too see top of the table Heywood not playing off in the South West District Football Netball grand final after witnessing its 79-point win over Cavendish on Saturday. Heywood was simply a class above its fourth positioned opponents and set the tone in the first quarter, doubling the Bloods inside-50 count, while Cavendish fumbled more than normal due to referred pressure. Lachie McKenzie goaled on the quarter time siren to keep Cavendish in touch but the Bloods went into the first break 16 points behind. The message at the Heywood quarter time huddle was to lift its on field voices and intensity, as its leaders felt the team had come out flat. Heywood came out after quarter time to make a statement and the match was all but over at half time, with the Lions leading by 43 points after Mick Wilson marked over the top of McKenzie and goaled a minute before the main break. Heywood seemed to have players everywhere as its midfield continuously found space and created inside-50 entries. In an around the contest the ilk of James Imbi, Jason Saunders and Joshua Nash were cleaner with the football and continuously found an opening. When Cavendish did get to its half forward, the side continued to turn the footy over with poor possession and was one tall target down, with McKenzie moved to defence to cover Wilson’s influence. Ross McNaughton kicked two goals in as many minutes to open up the second half but it was all Heywood after that; the green and yellow piled on the pressure and got to a 73-point lead with minutes to go, before Andrew Ross kicked a set shot goal just before the three quarter time siren. At the Cavendish three quarter time huddle, coach Brad White told his players to stop pointing fingers out on the ground and urged his brigade to win the last quarter. Cavendish worked hard in the final term to match it with Heywood, but a couple of goals to the Lions after handball assists won the top side the quarter and the match, 19.18 (132) – 8.5 (53). Wilson finished with six for the winners to lift HALF A DOZEN: Heywood spearhead Mick Wilson marks over the top of Cavendish big man Lachie McKenzie. Photo: BRENDAN BUNWORTH 150801bb032 his tally to 64 for the season, while John Bell played the lead-up forward role and finished with three. McNaughton kicked three for Cavendish while Tyler Fehsler kicked two in a best on ground performance in the ruck, where he just took the points over Troy Lovett, who also played well for Heywood. Best on ground honours went to James Imbi in the midfield while Jason Saunders and Jemaine Jones played great games and were clean around the packs. Heywood coach Jason Saunders thought it was a “good game of footy”, paying credit to his opposition’s pressure and intensity around the contest. “I thought Cavendish’s pressure was really good around the contest and they kept at it all day,” Saunders said. It was evident that the Heywood team knows each other’s games well now and can read where each other is going to run to provide a target. “This group have played with each other for a few years now and understand each others game which really helps,” Saunders said. Coming up to finals footy in two weeks, Saun- FORWARD TARGET: Heywood half forward John Bell looks for an option inside the Lions’ forward 50 metres. Photo: BRENDAN BUNWORTH 150801bb031 ders said the team may rest two to three players in the lead up. “We have the option to rest a few players in Top three assured BRENDAN BUNWORTH SOUTH WEST FOOTBALL HEATHMERE won its second match of the season over a struggling Branxholme-Wallacedale in the South West Football Netball League at the weekend. In a match where many thought the Saints had a chance of posting their first win of the season, they were instead blown away early by the Magpies, who led by 21 points at quarter time in front of their home crowd. Branxholme-Wallacedale pegged the margin back to just 15 points at the main break before Heathmere opened up and put the Saints away to win 14.10 (94) – 6.9 (45). Daniel Oliver kicked three for the Magpies while best on ground honours went to James Stanford, Ethan Magann and Troy Hartmann. For Branxholme-Wallacedale it was again Paul Heeps who was named best on ground; he must be among the favourites to take out the club’s 2015 best and fairest. Branxholme-Wallacedale is likely to remain winless for the season as it faces the tough task of Westerns away and Coleraine in its last two matches. Heathmere hosts Cavendish this week before taking on the league’s best at Heywood. In further good news for the club, Magpies senior coach Brodie Carter has re-signed and will coach the improving Heathmere side in 2016. COLERAINE came out firing early and led by five goals before Dartmoor put in a spirited seven-goal second quarter to trail the Maroons by 13 points at the main break. Sitting in second spot on the league ladder, Coleraine’s class proved to be too much for the Giants to handle, kicking nine goals to three after half time to run away with a 56-point victory. Alex Richardson starred, kicking five goals to be named best on ground while Darcy Russell kicked four, taking his goal kicking tally to 33 for the season. Damon Hiscock played a quality game in his first senior match for Coleraine after nine reserves matches this season, while for the Giants Zac Michau, playing in only his second match in three years, kicked five and was one of their best. Coleraine faces a tough match against Tyrendarra before finishing off the season away at BranxholmeWallacedale, where it may look to rest players. TYRENDARRA held a three-goal buffer for most of its match against Westerns, before going on to win by 14 points. Darras’ Hamish Withers played a good match after missing the last three in a bid to reach 100 per cent fitness for the finals. Tye O’Connell was named best on ground and will come close to the Darras’ best and fairest footballer later in the year. In only his second game of the sea- son Charles Williamson kicked four for Westerns, while Liam O’Callaghan and Jamie Bartlett were Westerns’ best. Westerns remains fifth on the lad- der and its last match of the season against Cavendish will decide which team finishes fourth. Both sides will be gearing up to meet each other a week later in round one of the finals. The top three ladder positions won’t change with Heywood, Coleraine and Tyrendarra holding those spots in that order. the next two weeks and I think we will rest two or three,” Saunders said. “We had two players out today that will come back in but we also have to be wary not to go into the finals too fresh as we have the first week off.” Brad White said his side now knows where it is at and that focus would now be on week one of the finals. “They are a very good side and now we will have to concentrate on winning against Westerns,” White said. White said the challenge facing his younger footballers was to maintain pressure and improve on their skills. “To the boys credit they played a lot better today than they did in the second half against Coleraine and their pressure was better,” White said. “It is just basic skill errors that hurt us and when we would get the ball we turned it over too easily. “Their pressure was really good around the football and they have bigger bodies and they can handle it and they beat us off.” White said his club’s goal remains to “win a final”. “Our goal is to win a final; that is what we need and it is what the club needs,” White said. CHEST MARK: Michael Day marks the ball near the boundary line during Branxholme-Wallacedale’s eight-goal loss to Heathmere at Heathmere Recreation Reserve. Picture: ELLY HATELEY 150801eh061